If You Make It demos, part one: Thousandaires

Well, I guess the first thing to point out with Thousandaires is that despite the proximity factor, and with all due respect, I am not referring to these gents. If extraneous HTML code was jewelry, these guys would be Slick Rick.

No, my friends, our debut in the If You Make It spotlight is the NYC area band Thousandaires. It features Jeff from Bridge and Tunnel, with Jared from Get Bent and Potboiler and Dave and Dom from Halo Fauna. Only three songs so far, but they are pretty great. Phil Douglas recorded them in his usual masterful fashion. He may be our next J. Robbins at this rate. The three tunes here sport a Braidy kind of midwestern vibe with the expected NY spin. It makes me feel really bad about not having seen Get Bent live as yet. I'm going to rectify that situation ASAP and hope that we hear a lot more from Thousandaires in the very near future.

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Spotlight On: If You Make It

So between weddings, other writing gigs and the upcoming dung heap that is this year's CMJ, I'm going to be stretched even more thin than usual this week. Dave from If You Make It got in touch after seeing the Get Bent review on JS-NYC. He recommended the Thousandaires, and suggested I check out the If You Make It site. It's got a great video series, as well as a bunch of free demos from a gang of bands like the aforementioned Thousandaires and Get Bent as well as Halo Fauna, plus a gang of other good up and comers. Check out the demos and videos. Even more importantly, make a donation. I did all of the above and for the rest of the week will feature reviews of demos from bands featured on the site. Look out for the jump off tomorrow with a review of the Thousandaires demos. It features Bridge and Tunnel, Get Bent and Halo Fauna Kids and was recorded by Phil Douglas. More tomorrow.

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